Ethical Hacking - Reconnaissance 1

Question 1

Which tools, sources are best suitable for website and email footprinting?

Accepted Answer

Email headers, BurpSuite, Firebug

Question 2

Which of the following best describe software that can be used to take advantage of a security weakness?

Accepted Answer

exploit

Question 3

What are the main focus and benefits of footprinting for ethical hackers?

Accepted Answer

Draw a network map, Know the security posture, Reduce the focus area (Network Ranges, numbers of targets etc)

Question 4

Which Google hack would display all pages that have the words SQL and Version in their titles?

Accepted Answer

allintitle:SQL version

Question 5

What tools are great for active footprinting?

Accepted Answer

nmap, masscan

Question 6

What activities are examples of passive footprinting?

Accepted Answer

Using Google Dorks to gain more details, Check the company records in Chamber of Commerce (KvK), Lookup target info with Maltego

Question 7

What activities are examples of active footprinting?

Accepted Answer

Social engineering by contacting employees via social media, Visit the company and meetup with employees.

Question 8

What tool or technique can be used to find the names and address of employees or technical points of contact?

Accepted Answer

Whois

Question 9

Which tool would be the best choice for footprinting the OS information from a target?

Accepted Answer

Netcraft

Question 10

Which OSRF application checks to see if a username is registered at up to 22 e-mailproviders?

Accepted Answer

mailfy.py

Question 11

Looking up information on LinkedIn and Facebook (Anonymous) is consired as Passive Footprinting

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What activity is not considered as active footprinting?

Accepted Answer

Dumpsterdiving, Using Google Dorks to gain more details

Questions 12